The stubborn resilience of Mexico
There was a diplomatic, if paradoxical, formula for evading unpalatable edicts: obedezco pero no cumplo (‘I obey, but I won’t do it’)
Books
Tuesday
Monday
Dog Man Vs. Antifa and other kids’ books to ‘own the libs’ with
Pete Hegseth tweeted a fake book cover bearing the title ‘Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists’
Tuesday
They should never make another James Bond film
The spy learned his final lesson in No Time to Die
Tuesday
Inside Jim Harrison’s life of excess
Todd Goddard’s new biography reveals a man who loved alcohol and mystery
How Jeannette Rankin became the first woman in Congress
She’s often forgotten among the suffragettes, but her story is just as important
Did Robert McNamara know Vietnam was unwinnable?
A new biography asks the same question – and looks into a potential affair with Jackie
Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the 1929 crash
His new tome offers both detail and verve
Another collection of Harper Lee’s writings arises
These pieces show the author trying her darndest to find her voice
Wednesday
Don’t take Virginia Giuffre’s memoir at face value
Nobody’s Girl feels authentic, but its claims still require vetting
Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket is transcendent and exhausting
The octogenarian author can still conjure magical prose
Woody Allen’s first novel takes on cancel culture
It’s unlikely to change your preconceived notion of the man
Sam Shepard’s life was as dramatic as his theater
Fear was the renaissance man’s guiding principle
Tuesday
Kamala Harris is living in dreamland
The general impression in 107 Days is one of listlessness, torpor, a failure to really grasp the stakes of what’s happening
Addie E. Citchen’s debut novel is unsettling and ambitious
Dominion offers no answers, only the clear recognition of how power corrodes those bound to it
A compelling account of actor Robert Shaw’s life
Christopher Shaw Myers outlines his uncle’s story with lesser-known information and anecdotes
Inside the Cartel is not your average true-crime memoir
Martin Suarez’s storytelling is precise, even surgical. But it’s the content that burrows under the skin
Saturday
What’s happened to the trade paperback?
Down with ebooks!
Tuesday
Is Dan Brown finished?
The novelist’s Happy Meal plotting serves up the same constituent parts over and over
Francesca Wade’s Gertrude Stein biography is a study in frustration
The writer’s posthumous reputation and influence continue to manifest themselves in writing, music and theater
Against abstinence-based approaches to sobriety
Katie Herzog has all the serial relapser energy you would expect from the addict who has forsworn AA